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  Introducing the Class of 2013: Sean ‘13 The third in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class. Plus, a related…

  

  article for all of our readers, but for our LDS readers in particular, I ... Terence '13 Christy '13 At the end of the article about Sean, I've attached ... Institute of Technology next year. In addition, he will play baseball

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  World’s Best Rib Recipe as advertised

  

  of me cooking the ribs, but I can't track it down. If you took a ... At CPW 2011, I had, hands down, the best ribs I've ever had in my ... . Earlier that day I'd seen Snively while on a tour of Burton Connor. We were

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  I got my first taste of MIT even before orientation, when I showed up ... . Wait, I think I need an acronym for that acronym!). That’s a lot of ... neat historical sites in Boston. I signed up for this FPOP because I

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a Problem, Part 2 and the power of the many

  

  and quickly sort a very large list of numbers? It turns out that we can--in ... % accuracy (i.e. in 99 runs out of 100, ALG will produce a correctly sorted ... comparator that works 80% of the time, which we can use in ALG. Before diving

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  Whew. I just spent the last 4 and a half hours calling up as many of the Early Admits to the class of '10 as I possibly could. And it was seriously a lot of fun. First of all, I finally got to meet Alia and Mike

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  can become engaged in international development through student groups ... some reason, I waited until senior year to take the mandatory swim test, but I miraculously passed and am now a teeny bit closer to graduating

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  Festival. I was unaware of this until I happened upon a food truck giving out ... couple friends and I conveniently watched this summer out of boredom ... -like delivery, which pretty much falls right in line with my sense of humor. Then

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  participated in iQuHack (MIT's quantum computing hackathon) out of boredom and ... I don’t believe in quantum physics. Yes, I know that all the math ...  real. I simply refuse to believe in such strange, unintuitive physics that I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  in which everyone can thrive and succeed. From what I have seen of ... 100 of my admissions colleagues at colleges around the country. I think ... should I take or activities should I be involved in? There is no one answer

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  worried about preserving community in Burton Conner if the Class of '23 can ... If you've read any of my other posts, you probably know how much I ... helping students transition in and out of the dorm and navigating student

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  then the Institute-wide snowball fight happened. And maybe I can get ... Hi guys, Here's another look at blizzard weekend on campus. Sadly (I ... -less life. :P Nemo just getting started in Boston -- dedicated joggers

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  As though we weren’t hosed enough…

  

  of my dedication to bringing you interesting campus news and rants, I was out there attempting to take pictures at 5AM, while most of you, I ... ...we've been graced with a fire truck on the Great Dome! In case

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  a few seconds in my brain), I deduced the entire plot of the film ... , no, I am not one of those people. Not just because I’m busy and ... like not a lot to work off of, but I assure you that it’s more than

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  14/01/2025 20:00 this IAP, i am in Tenerife for 12.411 (astronomy ... around cool stars. i am here with Jayna E. '27 and since both of us are ... (wahoo!) and the rest of us swam in a sea of anxiety while Jensen provided

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Embarrassing One Minute everything that can go wrong...will find a worse way to manifest itself

  

  -full of bad decisions. Ego salves have appeared in bits and pieces (I got a ... class. And by the number of ways I can still fall on my face, pantless ... and open-ended, which means that there’s a lot of groping walls in the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  one of his constituents, and the last time I was in New Jersey I was ... Johnny Isakson (Georgia) I’m in charge of the meetings with Representative ... , I meet Dan in MIT's Lobby 7. Hansol '15 gives us a tour of Prof. Brad

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  some of my incredibly dedicated colleagues in blogging, but I have an ... computer science grad student, and I had the privilege of singing with her in ... DID YOU KNOW? MIT means "WITH" in German. CPW! CPW! Hey prefrosh, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  figure skating championships in Boston. While I do not regret doing any of this exploration, in the midst of all these new experiences, I side ... ="A lesson I unfortunately learned the hard way in the past…"]can cause colors

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  've created something really cool, and gradually, those moments of I ... brilliant minds of the MIT senior class come a lot of incredible ideas. I' ... MIT seniors (some of whom I am actually friends with, wow, celebrity

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Anticipation a little something to keep you company

  

  every second of this day your own. PS. I'll be feeling the anticipation ... Sometimes, its hard to pull yourself out of bed. The uncertainty of what the day holds can be scary. Or exciting. Or overwhelming. You

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 14, 2019